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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Water Companies, Sewage Disposal Companies, and Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Limited-Income Mechanisms"
+description: "Water Companies, Sewage Disposal Companies, and Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Limited-Income Mechanisms"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 556"
+citation: "Maryland SB 556 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gallion"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-04"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c83a0a4e-4223-44f3-bcf3-58018f461177"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0556?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "8b60253548ab976a270845b1051feb83b9bef91b3609ca99be50198883fece57"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 556 (2026) — Water Companies, Sewage Disposal Companies, and Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Limited-Income Mechanisms
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Water Companies, Sewage Disposal Companies, and Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Limited-Income Mechanisms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_525_sb0556t.pdf)
+2. **First - Water Companies, Sewage Disposal Companies, and Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Rate Consolidation and Limited-Income Mechanisms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0556f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Water Companies, Sewage Disposal Companies, and Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Limited-Income Mechanisms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0556t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **125–9** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gallion — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-04** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-10** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 525 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c83a0a4e-4223-44f3-bcf3-58018f461177`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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